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Eric Sof

Eric Sof holds a master's degree in Political Science, specializing in International Peacekeeping Studies. He has over a decade of experience as a former member of an elite counterterrorism unit. Additionally, he is a firearms instructor and currently serves as a member of the SWAT unit.

Ehud Barak, a commander of Sayeret Matkal during the Operation Spring of Youth (1973)
Ehud Barak, a commander of Sayeret Matkal during the Operation Spring of Youth in 1973 (Photo: IDF)

Operation Spring of Youth: Retaliation for the Munich massacre

Operation Spring of Youth was an Israeli military operation in Lebanon in April 1973. The operation was part of a bigger operation codenamed Operation Wrath of God, which was planned as retaliation for
12 years ago
Special Assault Team (SAT): Japanese equivalent to the FBI HRT
Special Assault Team (SAT): Japanese equivalent to the FBI HRT (Photo: XY)

Special Assault Team (SAT): Japanese equivalent to the FBI HRT

Special Assault Team is a police tactical unit. It operates in central Japanese prefectural police departments; the National Police Agency supervises the unit. Their origins trackback to 1977 when they existed as
12 years ago
Swift, silent and deadly warriors from USMC Reconnaissance Battalions
Swift, silent and deadly warriors from USMC Reconnaissance Battalions (Photo: USMC)

USMC Reconnaissance Battalions: Swift, silent and deadly

During the years, the USMC Reconnaissance Battalions were the eyes and ears of the Marine Divisions, and every operation could not be planned without their service. Over the years, they have consisted
12 years ago
Estonian Special Operations Forces ESTSOF operators during the small-unit tactics drill
Estonian Special Operations Forces ESTSOF operators during the small-unit tactics drill (Photo: XY)

Estonian Special Operations Forces ESTSOF

Estonia, the small country in the Baltic, has an elite Estonian Special Operations Forces known as ESTSOF or EOG. It is also known as Special Operations Group. The unit is highly secretive
12 years ago
Special Operations Forces from JSOC at undisclosed location posing in front of helicopter
Members of U.S. Special Operations Forces posing for picture in front of the helicopter at undisclosed location (Photo: XY)

The famous CIA raid in Syria near Abu Kamal during 2008

The now-famous Abu Kamal raid in 2008 was an assault carried out by CIA tactical operators from the Special Activities Division. On October 26, 2008, the CIA have sent helicopters with CIA
12 years ago
Who betrayed Navy SEAL Team 6? 2
U.S. Boeing CH-47 Chinook military helicopter lands on the rooftop in exfil mission (Photo: Illustration)

The betrayal of Navy SEAL Team 6

On August 6, 2011, tragedy struck the U.S. special operations community when a Chinook helicopter, call sign Extortion 17, was shot down in Afghanistan’s Tangi River Valley. The aircraft carried 38 people,
12 years ago
Enota za Specialno Delovanje (ESD) from Slovenia
Enota za Specialno Delovanje (ESD) from Slovenia (Photo: Slovenian Armed Forces)

Enota za Specialno Delovanje: A Slovenian prime SOF unit

Even the Slovenian Armed Forces have their own special unit, called the Enota za Specialno Delovanje (ESD) which is the successor of special brigade MORiS from which they retained the character patch
12 years ago
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